An assembly idea around the idea of learning and #GrowingGrit

1. unswerving devotion to achieving a long term goal

3. ‘Don’t let life randomly kick you in to the adult you don’t want to
become’

4. BEARD: Verb: to boldly confront or challenge
‘So that's what motivates me and also why I keep my big beard. As
a reminder to follow my dreams every time I look in the mirror.’

5. The 5 year old that wanted to be a nurse
At 7 lived in a women’s refuge for a year
At 8 Parent’s divorced
At 15 became a parent
At 19 buried the other parent
At 24 received a 1st class degree
At 31 became a ward sister

7. I'm unsporty. Took PT sessions. Week's
course on a glacier skiing 6-7 hrs a day:
failed. A year working on it before the day
resit
22 years in
jobs I didn't
enjoy.
Change of
career, and
did PGCE
last year
and now a
teacher
becoming a best
selling author in the
teaching section on
Amazon - June
2016
I wanted to
learn a
foreign
language
so I went
to work in
Spain. It
took me 3
years but I
did it
I am
dyslexic
and I
co-
wrote a
book
In 2001 I won
the Worthing
Table Football
(aka
Subbuteo)
League &
again in 2004 -
now retired!

8. After uni, I sent
out masses of
CVs, did
evening course
& unpaid work
experience
before getting
my foot in the
publishing door
Ultra marathon
medal. 50 miles on
the SDW in freezing
fog, strong winds and
rain. Loved it
MEd 4 years part-time
whilst working full-time.
Including summer
schools, Saturdays and
countless late nights.
yesterday first 5km park run, mind over matter
Trekking Everest base camp
breastfeeding my
daughter! Honestly the
hardest thing I have
ever done. No pic
required I assume?!

9. helping a student for the last 3 years, to feel less
anxious. He is finally getting there
We wanted
allotments, we
got together,
wrote to our
parish council,
dug up a lot of
weeds, and
somehow
ended up with
this.
6 years'
part-time
study but
the
doctorate
was worth
it!
Compensation from Talk
Talk after 20 weeks, no
internet, no phone ,17
futile phone calls with no
calls back, refusal of £12
!

10. 53 years old!
Hundreds of
swimming lessons as
a child and adult and
still could not do it. 3
intensive weeks in
Wales & see...
after20yearsofteachingbiology
finallyaPhotosynthesisexperiment
thatworkswithawholeclass!

11. "People said I couldn't, so I
did: last year I ran two ultra
marathons (this one is the
Grand Tour of Skiddaw)"

12. #LearnChallenge
unswerving devotion to achieving a long term goal

13. www.albioninthecommunity.org.uk
Start the day the Paul Nevin way!
Albion Year 7 Breakfast Club
FREE Taster Session – Wednesday 25th January 07:30-08:30 in the Sport Hall
Paul Nevin – Brighton & Hove Albion First
Team Coach
If you’re interested in coming
along please inform your
tutor.